I changed my Hot Pink Peony to Sepia so more could hang it on a wall not many adore them as I do PINK

Mowing like crazy to stop the encroaching forest

Taking photos at Mom’s too as I am not the only one who has some beauties.

I have to tear them apart but have been beading around some cabs
Trying out different combos of beads so the stone, glass, jade etc. as the centerpiece is the real focal point.
Hard time finding ultra suede though.

Waiting for the Rain to STOP

So my flowers can shine and I can finish this house and enjoy SUMMER

More later a friend is bring over lunch for her and I to catch up and then tomorrow digging free plants from a kind donors yard for the Garden Club Then MORE RAIN oh and wind too
Stay safe everyone it is CRAZY out there.

Inspiration comes in many forms but when it happens to me I either grab a camera or my Blue Tray upon which I do my Beading.

I head into the spare bedroom, though there is no bed and open up the many drawers and containers I have full of beads. As I poke around I zero in on the colors I have available. I used to just have colors of the Sea. I have been beading for two years now and have some of each color it seems.

So with tray in one hand I begin to add beads, needles, thread and findings to complete a project. Who knows if I will sit and work it to the end or put it aside half-finished for a later day.

Even when gathering the supplies to make something pretty and new, I slip into THE ZONE. You have to or the creative juices can stop flowing, even before you begin.

Now with all I think I will need, piled high upon my blue tray, I sit at the table over looking the yard and river with my dog and cat close by. I add the string to my needle, usually Fireline so the piece will last for years and then I use the needle to pick up one tiny seed bead at a time. I like using 15’s and 11’s the best. They are very tiny. I have to focus or prick myself.

As I sit and pick up each one and add them into my design it starts to come together nicely and as I do the world seems to stop. Yes I enter THE ZONE rather quickly when I place that Blue Beading Tray in front of me.

Hi Everyone! Alex over at Worldly Winds has bestowed upon me this award. Thank You Alex you have been there since the start of my endeavor into the world of Blogging. I love your two spots where you leave some of the prettiest of poems.

Carol over at http://carolwelsh.wordpress.com/ Her photos inspire me as do her poetry selections

Nancy over at http://notsofancynancy.wordpress.com/ She has been telling us the most beautiful story of her families history.

Brenda over at http://beebeesworld.wordpress.com she shares gut wrenching stories of sadness and loss, I adore her for her strength you see her and I both have so much pain she writes and I usually just add photos Brenda I wish your STARS to grow as you have in your blogging xo

Desert Rose over at http://echosfromtheabyss.wordpress.com/ for being with us and wishing me well on my journey

Linda over at http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com/ for always being there to comment and tell me she has enjoyed a post I have added, Thanks Linda!

Emily over at Hoof Beats and Foot Prints at http://bellaremyphotography.com/ she has always left me wonderful messages after seeing a post she liked thanks so much.

Cathy over at http://wordsandherbs.wordpress.com/ You are always there ready to brighten my day and you have taught me so much as we share are love of gardening and life an ocean apart. Thanks so much Cathy.

Deb over at http://romancingthebee.com you have made me appreciate Bees here in my landscape for the Yummy Honey they make for the hive owners, oh and THE FOOD I can not say enough on what you have shown us through your blog to do with this nectar Thanks! Continued success to your and your newly released cook book

Cindy over at http://cindyknoke.com/ for finding me and sharing herself and the places she has been and always being so kind.

Dor at Virginia Views http://countryliving4beginners.wordpress.com for also reading and commenting on my posts thanks you for the chats we have had

Lindell over at http://poeticlicensee.wordpress.com/ for always taking the time to read and comment on my very busy spot here on WordPress thanks so much and for your beautiful poems as well

Susan over at http://letterstorosa.wordpress.com/ for being a new friend here at my blog and also for her stories from her families history her and Nancy as well as Brenda all make me want to start to share mine too Thanks so much again.

Bette over at http://4writersandreaders.wordpress.com/ who also inspires me to add words with my photos Thank you her and Susan live close by one to my right the other to my left up here in our pretty area of this country we call home

Lily over at http://apronhead.wordpress.com for her love of photography and for sharing her HUMMERS with me

Dave over at http://thephoblography.wordpress.com/ for sharing your country with me and always stopping by mine you may need a bigger award I have posted TOO MANY thanks so much

Jenny over at http://ramblingsfromamum.wordpress.com/ for always being so supportive Thanks so much

Naomi over at writing between the lines http://naomibaltuck.wordpress.com/ for our conservations on many subjects Thanks

Jen at http://marcatodesigns.wordpress.com for her passion for life and BEADS I love what you do but you know that 🙂

Rita over at http://ritaroberts.wordpress.com/ she doesn’t probably know this but some day I would love to be a part of a DIG we do know how to swing a detector and dig but you can’t find what she did as bones from ancient things are just under us EVERYWHERE always wanted to do her JOB lol Thanks for the follow Rita 🙂

Marisa over at http ://myyearlongjourney.com/ I love the blog you have as I too have been on a MISSION

Boomie over at http://boomiebol.wordpress.com for being there from the start with pretty words as well xo

Pat over at http://patwoodblogging.wordpress.com/ I LOVE YOUR STORIES and they help me get to where I can write my on HUGS as we are both on missions to free our abodes of STUFF

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Patrick over at http://hikingphoto.com/ for with your BIG camera you inspire me and many others to get out and capture life and in my case on a VERY SMALL CAMERA 🙂 Thanks for sharing your world I see you do not do awards but your many followers will agree you deserve them

It really all blossomed so to speak from here with so many writers and a wonderful vision from the sweetest lady MELISSA who began this safe place for us all to share http://anexerciseindiscipline.com/ The BIGGEST HUG is sent to you for allowing me to share photos with you and the rest of the followers Thanks so much

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I realy try to keep this place we call home pretty no mater what season, but with ten years of horrible flooding(due to one simple beaver dam)and having FEMA help me as well as the state, I try to honer all that I have had help with by making this place nice to look at, as well as food for the birds and insects(as long as they don’t eat the HOUSE!

So attached are some photos of the Zinnias I plant from seed each year to later be devoured by the wildlife here. Working together has always been MY PLAN!

This Zinnia looks as if it was spray painted and the Red is aout to drip off the petal.

I usually buy packages of mixed seeds so I am never sure how they will look, but in nature they all seem to go together.

Assorted feathered visitors who stay and have their young, in our backyard.

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I think this is a young Coopers Hawk and he swooped in to try to grab a little Juncos or Red Squirrel , what a Naughty Bird, no I know he was hungry but stayed with me for a long time while I took photo after photo of him, while it was snowing out.

Little Juncos thankful it was not lunch!

They all hung out inside my rose bushes, beside me and my camera. That naughty hawk scared them bad enough that I made them feel safe!

Male Cardinal munching on Black Oil Sunflower Seeds

I love that all of these birds like our place enough to call it home. I whistle for these males and in they come for a meal, love being one with nature.

His mate

Who doesn’t like Mallards . I can hardly wait till they let me see their babies ,

any day now!

They look pretty happy here, now remember we have a Cool Cat and JT the border Collie.

Baltimore Orioles have such a pretty song they sing. I love mixing up sugar and water for them and the Hummingbirds

Love these tiny, full of life, amazing flyers!

Such cool birds to have all around you in the yard. Saddest part of fall is when they leave for South America.

My CB Handle was Hummingbird, lol and only tattoo is a life-size one.

This is when I wish I had a $10,000.00 camera set-up

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So beautiful just sitting and waiting for the feeder to be less busy.

I have the flowers for their beauty but in the end they all go to the BIRDS!

Blue Jays love our day old bread!

We have every variety of woodpecker and they all LOVE SUET! Then again that is what the Black Bear wanted to rip the feeder down for.

Never saw this one before unless it looks different in the winter.

Morning Dove hangs out waiting for their turn too.

I caught this one in mid slip, from a frosty roof , OOPS is my caption . lol

I worried about this Blue Jay, as his head feathers looked horrible .

Well I have taken up so much of your time with the birds who visit our yard, here in NH,USA I will let you go but thanks again for stopping by and letting me know what you think.

She has been attacked so many times while playing with me on the beach, she really doesn’t trust too many dogs. This saddens me. It is something I wish I could have prevented but I know I could not. I have been working hard with her, to lessen her grip on protecting me. She has no lambs or sheep to herd so she watches over me.

She loves her Frisbee and knows the name of each of her toys, now to make her pick them up and put them away would be a great trick. She will bring me each one as I call out it’s name but I have to place it in the basket. She is a DOG after all.

JT has been across this county not once but twice. On back to back years she rode with us to Arizona and slept with us on an air mattress in a tent. The desert was not like anything she had every seen. They had huge rabbits and even bigger coyotes chasing them! She was just a pup and we had to keep a close eye on her. Some how she knew to stay close and to just listen to what we said. She got so good with the English language that we have been reduced to spelling her favorite places and activities. She is very smart.

So two 10,000 miles trips under her collar. She is well-traveled but even more so she is well received.

She has stayed in many motels overlooking the ocean. She loves the beach. All that open space for her to draw circles on, with her repeated tracks over and over, as I throw and throw her favorite toy..

Last summer we heard about an event for Disc Dogs and since we were camping and it was going to be raining we took her over so we could watch all the REAL Frisbee Dogs compete. The man in charge said it would be OK if she used her filthy one to play Toss and Catch. They were all using fancy type, special ones. So we signed up and sat and waited and waited and watched dog after dog compete before judges. Our dog was amazing. We never saw her stay so still. She laid there and watched as each dog took to the field. She showed so much patience, she floored us. It was as if she knew her time was coming.

Well they called her name and I said “Let’s go play JT it’s your turn!” she did not have to be asked twice! We were given the rules. I had to stand behind a line, now I forgot to say this was all being done as there was a deluge of water, falling from the clouds above. I mean it, everyone was soaked to the bone. I could not disappoint her and take her home without having her turn, so I put my fear aside for her. I was worried about her slipping on the wet field and let the Frisbee fly! Over and over! I can not remember how long they gave me, maybe 90 seconds, not sure. Time passed quickly as we saw our little girl turn on to the crowd and the clapping. She loved it! She would catch her Frisbee and fly back to me drop it at my feet and head for the field, again and again. She was amazing to us and we know her. Others clapped as we finished up and you could almost see her smile. We have had some horrible things happen to this dog but today was not one of them. That first trip out there she took 4th place. We still had another round of dogs to watch before it would be her turn once again.

I will end this story here but I better say Part 1. as there is much more to this little girl JT to share.